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It is a little-known fact that the colonisation of this country in 1840 is the reason why a disproportionate number of
Maori men beat their wives and kids. So little known, in fact, that even abusive Maori men do not know it.
"Tariana Turia's speech to a Psychological Society Conference in Hamilton today must qualify as the most off-the-planet
speech made by a politician in living memory," National MP Roger Sowry said today.
Ancient icebergs in a bottle, marketed as Borealis (northern lights), are the cool new drink in California where demand
now outstrips supply, but West Coasters who drink melted glacier ice are wondering what all the fuss is about. John
Howard reports.
I have been given a certain amount of latitude with my speech, and I understand the focus for this session is ‘Using
Different Tactics: Business and Behaviour.’ I have also been asked to challenge you. So here we go.
The above image – from the NOAA Supercomputer - shows cold weather across the West and Midwest of the United States on
September 3rd. The colours in the picture reflect temperatures at 2m above sea level, with the pink colour showing
temperatures of ...
6: Motorola
Communications giant Motorola has informed the Government that it will not be locating its next Australasian global
software development centre in New Zealand, Associate Minister of Economic Development Pete Hodgson said today.
Don Brash is reported to be resigned to the dollar's fall. Earlier this year the Reserve Bank sent signals that it would
raise interest rates hoping to support the dollar. In the past the market adjusted to such signals. This time the market
ignored ...
While we mourn the death of the crew of the Russian submarine Kursk and we ponder the non-future of our own maritime
submarine surveillance role, we should reflect on exactly what Kursk's mission was. John Howard writes.
NZ's energy system has never been sustainable - nowhere in the world has achieved that. But it did at one stage have
some claim to being cleaner and greener than most.
This letter is to follow up on our August 23, 2000 phone conversation regarding the abrupt disappearance of diagnosed
male rectal gonorrhea cases from the latest San Francisco Monthly STD Report.
United States Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, defended globalistion on Friday but warned that latent forces of
protectionism and state intervention may reassert themselves. Meanwhile here in NZ there are also communication
problems. ...
"Michael Cullen and Jim Neanderton are bloody legends," say indebted expat graduates working in countries with stable
currencies - such as Brazil and Mexico.
The conference is an initiative of the Socialist Workers Organisation. It's open to all opponents of corporate
domination, and entry is by koha (donation). It's part of the build-up to the protests against the World Economic
Forum's summit in Melbourne ...
The NZ dollar reached historic lows last week. While US dollar strength is partly to blame, adverse economic
fundamentals caused the NZ currency again to depreciate by more than other currencies. On a trade-weighted basis, the NZ
dollar is trading ...
Labour's decisions on the Army are simply a completion of the tendering process started by National. It is simply not
true that National sat on its hands and did nothing.
A recent survey by Realrunner.com showed that pain is on the minds of more than one in three New Zealanders when they’re
running, while 65 percent of British runners think about sex and romance while they’re out pounding the pavement.
Cannabis decriminalisation proponent Nandor Tanczos says young people should wait until they are over 18 before deciding
whether to smoke cannabis – the youth said that wont be necessary, by voting against decriminalisation at the Youth
Parliament ...
This weeks collapse of the New Zealand dollar should bring the free market experiment of the last fifteen years into
question.
As a parent of teenagers, I worry often at the pressure young people face today about drugs. Like you, when I hear the
stories, from the teenagers themselves and also their parents, about their experiences and fears, I become more
concerned. Good, ...
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